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Astellia is Shutting Down October 29 | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited August 2021 in News & Features Discussion

imageAstellia is Shutting Down October 29 | MMORPG.com

In statements on its own site and on Steam, the Astellia team have announced the service is indeed shutting down. TImes and refund info were shared.

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  • NanfoodleNanfoodle Member LegendaryPosts: 10,900
    Nice they are offering a refund. Sad to see an MMO pass away.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,060
    The only surprising thing about this is the refund.
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  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,675
    Will this just apply to the paid version? Or the F2P version as well? Astellia Royal I believe it was called?
  • RidrithRidrith Member RarePosts: 859
    More low effort trash being flushed down the drain. No surprise. Sorry to any developers who are going to lose their jobs, but these shitty asian made MMOs being ported over to the West to make a quick buck need to die a lot faster.

    Force them to do better, or more likely, players will keep buying shit like this, and we'll keep seeing them released and shut down within a year or two every time.
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  • foxgirlfoxgirl Member RarePosts: 485
    Whats the point of playing (the event) the game if they are just going to shut it down...
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,060
    Ridrith said:
    More low effort trash being flushed down the drain. No surprise. Sorry to any developers who are going to lose their jobs, but these shitty asian made MMOs being ported over to the West to make a quick buck need to die a lot faster.

    Force them to do better, or more likely, players will keep buying shit like this, and we'll keep seeing them released and shut down within a year or two every time.
    I swear, even though it's physically impossible, it seems like more of these games shut down than get released in the first place!
  • hoenens1hoenens1 Member UncommonPosts: 321
    I am only wondering when Revelation Online will be shutting down.
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  • ProjectghostxProjectghostx Member UncommonPosts: 7
    it's amazing how ganmes like this shut down so soon yet games like DCUO and SWTOr and revelation are still around lol
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  • zevni78zevni78 Member UncommonPosts: 1,146
    They pretty much intend these things to last only a few months, its just so cynical.
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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    This is why you need to be really sure when investing in a live service game.If they shut down you lose all that you invested in to the game.Refunds for recent purchases would be few if they are shutting down but all the money invested prior is just gone.

    A game like this will never see a private server either so yeah your time and money goes poof.
    Within FFXi some private servers actually offer player transfers so you get to keep playing your character if the game shuts down.

    There are private servers lasting longer than i would say most live service games and those people run the servers out of their own pocket and own time.Example the FFXI Cleopatra server has been running 6 years.

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  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,618
    edited August 2021
    Not surprised however it's pretty classy of them to offer the possibility of a refund!
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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    hoenens1 said:
    I am only wondering when Revelation Online will be shutting down.
    I assume depends on the contract signed with the publisher.In this case the developer is also the publisher so less likely to shut down as fast.Even still once the money reaches very low standards there is no reason left to keep it open.

    What i find sad is how people react to p2w gaming,it is like many just feel it is ok and to be expected....you spend money so deserve a better character mentality.The problem is that mentality is selfish and thinks only of ones self and not the integrity of the game.

    The idea of p2w also totes a fine line,it discourages many a gamer but it also MIGHT keep the heavy spenders around longer once the yare invested,afraid to lose all they spent.I rather  not go down that road ever and prefer to see ZERO cash shop gaming.

    My hunch is they see the cash shop as a way to populate an other wise dead game with the F2p entry but then cash in on the spenders.
    remember the old days of Runes of Magic,some players said they were spending 1000-1500 a month !!.So yo ucan see how that works,the freebies were never going to buy the game anyhow but those that do spend spend a LOT.

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  • yonpachiyonpachi Member UncommonPosts: 191
    Are they also closing the F2P version? "Astellia Royal" or whatever was it
  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,648
    another one bites the dust......

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  • RoinRoin Member RarePosts: 3,444
    Astellia Unleashed coming "soon"
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  • NeoyoshiNeoyoshi Member RarePosts: 1,489
    SOLO will be next
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  • Phoenix_HawkPhoenix_Hawk Member UncommonPosts: 298
    It wasn't a bad game, just not all that great either, which is why all I did was tinker around during the beta with a free pass. Considering how it was shut down in Korea around the time it was launched here, it getting shut down really seemed inevitable.

    Usually when a game is shut down, instead of a refund, you get any remaining cash shop currency moved to another game the publisher is managing, and some gifts to try to get you to move to it. The reason they are providing a refund instead is that I believe this was the only game they were publishing here, so the usual route wasn't possible.
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  • urriel1970urriel1970 Member UncommonPosts: 126
    lol...junk game gone..
  • RajaiRajai Member UncommonPosts: 331
    It was a neat idea, but they really oversold their product. It wasn't a "classic MMORPG experience" and the graphics weren't "next level." It's a shame because I'd really like an anime MMORPG with full voice acting that doesn't suck. Unfortunately, this one sucked. No refund for me. Thanks for playing.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,933
    edited August 2021
    Stizzled said:
    Pretty sure this is the game I got called a racist for saying would be trash, as I think most Asian MMOs are just cheap, grindy trash.

    Or, maybe it was Bless, the first time it released. I don't know, they all look the same.

    Enjoy SOLO while you can, it's next. Not that the target audience for these games will really care. They'll be getting hyped up over the next old, failed, trash Asian MMO being brought to the west.

    First off this isn't Sword of Legends online.

    Also, Asian games are far from trash. They might not have the game play you like, but the level of detail put into their avatars and worlds wail upon most everything western mmorpg's have. It's downright embarrassing.

    The problem, in my opinion, with Eastern games is that they are made to make money. And once they stop making money they close them down.

    But games like Black Desert, or Aion or Sword of Legends Online are not trash. They are very well done but have, to some western audiences, questionable game play.

    I'll also say that I'd rather have a grindy game than a run to ! and run to ! and run to ! and get reward game.

    I can't say that this new Bless is good. I didn't really like the old Bless. But I don't go lumping all games together just because a few aren't to my taste.

    I won't say you're a racist but you are very short sighted and pretty much don't really think things through.
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  • mrneurosismrneurosis Member UncommonPosts: 316

    Sovrath said:


    Stizzled said:

    Pretty sure this is the game I got called a racist for saying would be trash, as I think most Asian MMOs are just cheap, grindy trash.

    Or, maybe it was Bless, the first time it released. I don't know, they all look the same.

    Enjoy SOLO while you can, it's next. Not that the target audience for these games will really care. They'll be getting hyped up over the next old, failed, trash Asian MMO being brought to the west.



    First off this isn't Sword of Legends online.

    Also, Asian games are far from trash. They might not have the game play you like, but the level of detail put into their avatars and worlds wail upon most everything western mmorpg's have. It's downright embarrassing.

    The problem, in my opinion, with Eastern games is that they are made to make money. And once they stop making money they close them down.

    But games like Black Desert, or Aion or Sword of Legends Online are not trash. They are very well done but have, to some western audiences, questionable game play.

    I'll also say that I'd rather have a grindy game than a run to ! and run to ! and run to ! and get reward game.

    I can't say that this new Bless is good. I didn't really like the old Bless. But I don't go lumping all games together just because a few aren't to my taste.

    I won't say you're a racist but you are very short sighted and pretty much don't really think things through.



    Nah he is right. Majority of eastern MMOs are garbage with one or two exceptions. They all look the same and play the same. Nothing racist about it just facts.
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  • mrneurosismrneurosis Member UncommonPosts: 316

    Projectghostx said:

    it's amazing how ganmes like this shut down so soon yet games like DCUO and SWTOr and revelation are still around lol



    Probably because Dcuo and Swtor still has players? Swtor is getting new expansion end of this year. Astella has been dead for long time.
  • mrneurosismrneurosis Member UncommonPosts: 316
    edited August 2021
    tzervo said:

    Nah he is right. Majority of eastern MMOs are garbage with one or two exceptions. They all look the same and play the same. Nothing racist about it just facts.
    Ah the old "my opinion=fact" routine. Been some time, I missed it. :)
    Considering that majority of eastern MMOS fail and shut down with few exceptions such as FFXIV and BDO. But sure it's just an 'opinion' that eastern MMOS are hot garbage. Well i am here now. No need to miss the 'routine'. You are welcome. 
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  • Panther2103Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,779
    mrneurosis said:
    tzervo said:

    Nah he is right. Majority of eastern MMOs are garbage with one or two exceptions. They all look the same and play the same. Nothing racist about it just facts.
    Ah the old "my opinion=fact" routine. Been some time, I missed it. :)
    Considering that majority of eastern MMOS fail and shut down with few exceptions such as FFXIV and BDO. But sure it's just an 'opinion' that eastern MMOS are hot garbage. Well i am here now. No need to miss the 'routine'. You are welcome. 
    A majority of MMO's in general fail or shut down and as there are a lot more Eastern MMO's compared to Western MMO's released there is obviously going to be a bigger turnaround. There are some Western MMO's that are kept alive just to keep an IP or by people interested in that IP (DCUO, SWTOR, LOTRO) or others that are run on little to no money (Ryzom). I would say more Asian MMO's stay alive than western MMO's. Lineage, Lineage 2, Aion, Conquer, BDO, FFXIV and a few others. Western games we only have a couple with large populations like WoW, Guild Wars 2, ESO and maybe SWTOR if it actually has population now.
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  • NanfoodleNanfoodle Member LegendaryPosts: 10,900
    Stizzled said:
    Sovrath said:
    Stizzled said:
    Pretty sure this is the game I got called a racist for saying would be trash, as I think most Asian MMOs are just cheap, grindy trash.

    Or, maybe it was Bless, the first time it released. I don't know, they all look the same.

    Enjoy SOLO while you can, it's next. Not that the target audience for these games will really care. They'll be getting hyped up over the next old, failed, trash Asian MMO being brought to the west.

    First off this isn't Sword of Legends online.

    Also, Asian games are far from trash. They might not have the game play you like, but the level of detail put into their avatars and worlds wail upon most everything western mmorpg's have. It's downright embarrassing.

    The problem, in my opinion, with Eastern games is that they are made to make money. And once they stop making money they close them down.

    But games like Black Desert, or Aion or Sword of Legends Online are not trash. They are very well done but have, to some western audiences, questionable game play.

    I'll also say that I'd rather have a grindy game than a run to ! and run to ! and run to ! and get reward game.

    I can't say that this new Bless is good. I didn't really like the old Bless. But I don't go lumping all games together just because a few aren't to my taste.

    I won't say you're a racist but you are very short sighted and pretty much don't really think things through.
    All one has to do is look at the history of these games being ported to the West and make an educated guess on how well it will be doing a few years out from launch.

    Of course, many Asian games are doing well, and it's because they actually put in the effort into translation and making changes that the Western audience wants. The majority however, do not do well. They're ported quickly, cheaply and with little to any regard for what makes a game successful in the West.

    Maybe SOLO is different. But, when I hear parts of the game haven't even been properly translated, or translated at all, well... I'll go ahead and make my my short sighted call that we'll be seeing a very similar thread about SOLO in a few years.
    SoLo and this game should not be lumped together. SoLo game play and classes are just fun to play. They have many core systems that are fun and work well. Its a fully functioning MMO. It has some translation problems but it does not matter, as the story itself is shallow and even if it was translated would not speak to west market. Its just a good game with a bad story. 
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